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1. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
5. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
8. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
17. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
23. A young woman making her debut into society.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Used especially of fruits.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
37. A Hindu prince or king in India.
41. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
45. A local computer network for communication between computers.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
4. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
10. The act of scanning.
15. An enclosed space.
16. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
29. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Of a pale purple color.
33. Squash bugs.
34. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
36. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
43. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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